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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KALISPELL
KALI9PEIL, MONTANA
D. R. PEKLBIt, rrt P. J. LEHERT, V. Vttt., R. E. WEBSTER, Cash., W. D. LAW80N, A. Cash.
Trtnsacts a general banking buslner. Draft iMtied, avallabla In nil cttlea ot the United
Btales ind Kurorx, Hong Kong and Manila. Collection! mule on favorable term.
LADD &. TILTON, Bankers Portland, Oregon
Established In 1859. Transact a General Hanking Business. Interest allowed on time do
poelu. Collections made at all points on favorable lentil. Letters of Credit Indued available In
Europe and the Eastern mates, bight Exchange and Telegraphic Transfers sold on Now York,
Washington, Chicago. Bt Louli, Denver. Omaha, Han Francisco and various point In Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Montana and nrltlsh Columbia. Ezohange sold on London, 1'arls, Berlin,
frankfort and Uong Kong.
UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK
OF PORTLAND, OREGON.
J. C. A1NBWORTH, resident. W. II. AVER, Vice-President. 'R. W. BCIIMBER, Cashier
A. M. WiMUilT, Assistant Cashier.
Transacts general banking business. Drafts lsVuod, available In all cities ol the United
BtaUsand Europe, Hong Kong and Manila, Collections made on favorable terms.
MOHTHWE9T BOItMBt THIItO AMD OAK STREET.
THE PENINSULA BANK " JOHNS' ORE-
Capital, fully paid up, $25,000.00. ' Surplus and undivided profile, $3,000.00.
Commenced Business Juae 5, 1905.
OFFICERS: J. W. TORDNKY, President; R. T. PLATT, Vlco President! C. A. WOOD, Cashier.
BOARD OK DIRECTORS! J. W, Fortifier, R. T. Piatt, Y. C. Knapp, W. A. Brewer, II. h. Powers,
Tlios. Cochran, M. h. Holbrook, C. A. Wood.
"Oldest Bank In the State ol Washington."
DEXTER, HORTOIN & CO.
C'P,UMW, .jn. BANKERS Bu'',u' 'nd "fi?a
Arcounti of Northwest Pacific Uanks solicited upon terme which wilt grant to them the
most liberal accommodatlnna cunlstent with their lalanrti and responsibilities. Km. M,
ndd, President; N. II. Utlmer, Manager; M. W. Peterson, Cashlor. Seattle, Washington.
THE HIRST NATIONAL. DANK OR PORT TOWN8END
, Established ISM. Collections promptly made and remitted.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Capital,
4Burplua, lOOOtOOO
FIRST NATIONAL BANK of NorthYmkhnm, Wmmh.
OmmHml swtaf Smrplmm $iam,BOa 00
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
W.M LADD
President
CIIAB. CARPENTER
Vice President
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
' Walla Walla, Washington. (First National Bank In the Btate.)
Transacts a General Banking: Business.
CAPITAL 1100,000. SURPLUS (100,009.
LEVI ANKENY. President A. 11. REYNOLDa Vice President A. R. nURFORD, Cashier
THE NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE
TAOOMA, WASH.
UMtrrm sta tm9 mtpoMTAKr ,
emmHml 00000 M0fum 090,000
9AVIM99 mCPARTMEMT
OFFICKRR Chester Thorne, President: Arthur Albertson, Vice President and Cashier;
Frederick A. Ktce, Assistant Cashier; Delbert A. Young, Assistant Cashier.
JNO. C. AINHWOHTH, Pres. JNO. 8. BAKER, Vice Pres. P. C. KAUFKM AN, 3d Vice Pres.
A. U. l'ltlCIIARD, Cashier. ' F. P. 1IABKKLL, JR., Assistant Cashier.
THE FIDELITY TRUST COMPANY BANK
General Banking CAPITAL ANO SURPLUS, $390,000 Safe DeoeeK Vaults .
' .-SAVINGS DtPARTMCNTt Interest at the Rate of 8 per cent per Annum, Credited Boral-Annually
TACOMA, WA8HINQTON
ALFRED C00I.1D0E, Pres. A. F. McCLAINK Vice Prei AARON KUHN, Vice Pres.
CIIAB. E. BCRIBER, Cashier. D. C. WOODWARD, Ant. Cashier.
THE COLFAX NATIONAL BANK of Oolfmx Wmmh.
Omnltml, t120,000.00
Transacts n genoral bunking buiiuoa.4. Special facilities for handling Eaatorn
Washington and Idaho items. '
VANCOUVER NATIONAL BANK Vancouver, Waah.
Leading Financial Institution in Southwestern Washington
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
CAPITAL, $50,000 SURPLUS, 50,000 ASSETS, 1,000,000
LEVI ANKKNY President) K.O. CRAWFORD, Vice President; W. P. CO.NNAWAY, Cashier
DIRECTOIIH
:i-ovl Ankctiy, Harry Ladd Corbett, W. P. Crawford, E. 0. Crawford, W, W. McCrcdlo
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Moorehsad,
JOHN LAMB, DAVID ABKEOAARD,
President Vice President
lntrit Paid on
FIRST NATIONAL BANK of East Grand Forks, Minn.
Farm Loans Negotiated. Firo and Cyclone Insurants Written. Does a
General Bunking liusidose.
Capital, M.OOO E. ARNE80N, Pret. 0. R. JACOBI Cashier
A Per Cnt Intar-at Raid on Time Dposslta
THE FIRST INATIOrNAU, BA1NK
OP DUL.UTH, MINNESOTA.
CAPITAL, SSOO.OOO SURPLUS 738,000
U. S Qovsmmsnt Depositary.
QEOROK PALMER
President
F. L. MEYERS
Cashier
La Grando National Bank "JUSSF
OmmHml mm Smrml9, SI20,000
DIRECTORS: J, II. BeTrjr, A. II. Conler, F. J. Holmes, F. U. liyrklt, K. L. Meyers, Geo. L
Clearer, Geo. Palmer. '
The Merchants .National Bank
Of St. Paul. Mlnneaota
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
Capital, 1,000,000.00 Surplus, SOO,000.00
Trnota8neiralbankln'bulneau. Corraapondenee Invltod
OFFICERS-KENNETH CLARK, President; OEO. H. PRINCE, Vice Proldent: H. W.
PARKER, Caehlerj II. VAN VLECK, Assistant dasbler.
, PIRECTOBBCrawford LlrlDKSton, Kenneth Clark, J, II Bklnner, Louis W. Hill, Oeo. II,
Prince, C. H. Bl.elow, R.D. Nojrea, V. M. Watkins, L. P. Ordwar. F. B. Kelloxv. K. N, Baunders.
Tbomaa A.Marlow, W. B. Parsons. J .M. Hannaford, Charlea PNoyes. '
Our new plant on Front St., between Seven
teenth and Nineteenth Sti., is the most modern
Engineering Plant on the Pacific Coast Work
placed with us will be executed with efficiency
and despatch.
Of PORTLAND
ORUOON
SOO,000
Dopoalta. $13,000,000
W. L, BTE1NWE0.
Cashier
A.U.CMNK ,
Assistant Cashier
CSTABLIStltD
isat
Mlnnosota
LEW A. HUNTOON, ARTHUR H.C08TAIN,
Cashlor Asst. Cashier
Tim Dpolt
(JEO. L. CLEAVER W. L. RRENHOLTR
Aml Casblor Asst. Cashier
8ult for Kingston Insurance.
Kingston, March 20. Tlio 11 ret suit
against tlio Insurance companies to re
cover for lossea sustained In tho earth
quake waa filed yestortlay. Tho York
shire company is tho defendant. Other
companlcB will soon ho sued.
BUSINESS-LOCALS
J. Wallgreen, dealer In staplo and
fancy groceries, 634 Thurman street
Telephono Pacific Oil. .
A food place to get your soft or stiff
hats renoTated Is 24914 Alder street,
between Second and Third.
M. J. 0111 Co,, wholesale and retail
meat dealers, 512 Mississippi avenue,
Portland, Oregon. Phono East 6C5.
Always riBk for the famous Gen
eral Arthur cigar. M. A. Ounst
& Co,, general agents, Portland, Or.
The Anheuser, Henry M. William-,
proprietor, 234 Morrison street, corner
Second, Portland, Ore. Telephone
Main 2517.
Ryan John, dealers In choice gro
ceries, meat, fish and poultry, phone
Main 622, 61 North Park street, cor
ner Davis.
Everett Market, (E. L. Peck, Prop.),
Choice Meats and Poultry, 413 Everott
Street, corner Tenth, Portland, Ore.
Phono Main 1S40.
0. Anderson, staplo and fancy gro
ceries, Twenty-first and Thurman
streets. 'Phono. Hood 67. Fresh
roasted coffee, a specialty.
Try tho Pacific Laundry . Co. for
good work and 'prompt service! Mnln
office First and Arthur streets, Port
land, Ore. Telephono 640.
John Schnld, dealer In hardware tin
ware, sheet Iron work, guttering,
spouting nnd roofing. General Jobbing
a specialty. 140 Russell street.
Royal Market, Dalr ft. Worth propri
etors, fresh and cured meats, fish,
poultry and game. 439 Union nvenuo
north, corner Tillamook. Phone East
167.
North 16th Street Market, A. Wur
tenberger, proprietor, choice poultry,
fresh and salt meats, phono Main 1396,
230 North Sixteenth street, Portland,
Ore.
U N. Nees, boot nnd shoomakor.
Flno repairing a specialty. Olvo h'lm
a call when you need anything In
this line, 322H Williams av., Portland,
Oregon.
Tho Oak Cafe. Choicest lino of
wines, liquors and cigars. P. W. Pick,
proprietor. Oregon Phone PaclAc
2118. corner Fourth and Oak streets,
Portland, Ore.
Dyeing and cleaning of all kinds of
tndlna nml crnntn' rlnthlnir. erODO
shawls, silk, velvet and lacn dyed
equal to now; lnco curtains and
bankets cleaned by a now proceas;
til mi mine i-nrmnntn ilvoil In 48 llOlirH.
All work dono at vory modorato prices.
104 Nortn iniru street.
Vntrnn C.nnl flnmranv. wholesale
and retail dealers In houso, s,tcam nnd
biacKsmitn coai. rounary any nniuuur
coko. Puget Sound steam coal In car
Intn t.t RO nfr Inn and UD. Wo handlO
all tho best grades of domestic arid
foreign houso coais. mono rmun .in.
Office 329' BurnBiao Hi-, I'oruanu, iw
gon.
Depot J-oan Office, Joo Rornhnrdt.
proprietor: fine watch repairing, old
gold and sllvor bought; business strict
ly confidential; bargains in unredeem
ed pledges; monoy to loan on dia
monds, watches, jewelry. gunH, pis
tols, bicycles, musical Inittrunionts nnd
nil articles of value 124 N. Sixth
St., Portland, Pro. tt
THE PIONEER PAINT COMPANY.
Tho p l o
noor paint es
tabllshm o n t
of Portland
is that of F.
E. Reach &
Company, of
135 First St.,
tho o 1 d o s t
nnd most ro
llablo houso
of Its kind in
the Northwest, It carries an lmmonuo
stock of the best things in paints and
building materials, together with on
unusual list of specialties. Those who
need anything In those lines can cer
tainly profit by going to F. E. Reach
& Company. Remember tho number,
135 First street.
A NEW DEPARTURE.
The Cost of Interments Hits Hren
(ircutly Reduced by (lie Ifolnmii
Undertaking Company,
Heretofore it has been the cistorn
of funeral directors to ninko e"-'r s
for nil ncMntnl3 connected with a
funeral. Tho Edward Holman Un
dertaking Company, tho leading
funeral directors of Portland, begin
ning July 2, will depart from this old
custom. When tho casket Is fur
nished by us, Its cost will Includo all
charges, such as conveying the re
mains to our chapel, outside box, em
balming, hearse to cemetery nnd all
services which may be required of
us except clothing, cemetery and cor-
rlages, thus effecting a saving of $25
to $76 on each funeral.
THE EDWARD HOLMAN UNDER
TAKING COMPANY,
220 Third Street, cor, Salmon.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
h Resume of the Less Important but
Not Lese Interesting Event-
of tho Past Week.
Tho
lnbot.
Transvaal will abolish Chincso
Roumanian peasants, nro renewing
the rioting.
Seven alienists liavo declared Thaw
permanently insane.
S. A. I). Putcr Is proving a strong
witness against Hermann.
N'icntragua claims n decisive victory
ever Honduras nnd Salvador.
American marines and sailors linvo
been landed to guard Honduras ports.
Thcto seems to bo good ptospects fcr
land law reform by tho next congress.
The San Finnciicc grand jury Is
learning mote about tho bribery by tho
1'iiclcll States Tolophono company.
Senator Ciillom, of Illinois, rays
Ilairimnn deserves to go to jail, and
Governor Dcuocn Is believed to contem
plate prosecution.
Under tlio name of United Churches,
tho Congregational, United ltretliren
nnd Methodist Protestant churches in
14 Hates will foim ono largo orgnnlz
atlcn. Somo of tho Southern otnteM
liavo refused to join.
Rockefeller Bays railroads arc over
capitalized. Stockmon aro to bo prosecuted if Uiey
trespass on forest reserves.
Tho government continues to pilo up
evidenco against Hormann.
A etriko of longshoromen at Ham
burg, Germany, has tied up all ship
ping. Iloosovolt will propose chock on over
capitalization of railroads nnd will soon
dcclaro Ills policy.
Roumanian peasant havo begun n
crtuado ugninBt Jews nnd uro driving
thorn into Austria.
Tho Colorado legislature 1i?h parsed
a railway commiHsion law. Reciprocal
domurni,'0 la also provided for.
Prcmlor Stolypln, of Russia, will
propose many concessions of liberty to
tho dounm, including frco speech nnd
press, but that body was warned not to
go to extremes or it will bo dissolved.
Trainmen on all roads west of Chi
cago liavo voted to striko if not given
tlio increase In wages asked. Most of
tho roads will, It is Iteliovod, rcfueo to
grant tho advauco uud trouble Is looked
for.
Salvador line joined Honduras against
Nicaragua.
Harriman has bought tho Salt Lako
railroad fiom tho Clark syndicate.
A Now Mexico grand jury has indict
ed six corporation omployos for land
fraud.
Piosldcnt Riploy, of tho Santa Fo.,
says Roosevelt is to blame for tho anti-
railroad agitation.
Tim flnlinili'H ntrropinpnt. Iwtwnnn Hin
United States and Great Rritain Is be
ing djscussed by tho houso of commons,
Gormany ami Austrin nro said to
have changed front mid now favor dis
cussion of diearmamont nt Tho Hague'
peace conference.
Theronro signs that Roosevolt and
tho railroad presidents will rcuuh an
understanding on tho new laws, the
latter showing a stronger desire to
obey,
Tho Nobraska land thieves wiio have
been on trial for some timo havo been
found guilty and sentence to puy n fine
ol fl.ouu each and remain In jail a
year.
Sylvester R. Rush, of Nobraska, linf
been appointed a special assitant to tho
United States attorney general. He line
a reputation of being as ruthless a pros
ecutor as Honey.
Thaw is almost certain to wo to tho
asylum whether acquitted or convicted.
An Illinois woman will organize an
army of drunkards' wives to carry local
option.
Frealdont Roosevelt is said to be back
of a move to start a boom for Tuft for
president.
President Rooeovelt has appointed a
commission on tho Improvement of
waterways.
Attorney General Thompson, of Ne
braska, says the new 2-cent passenger
rate law is constitutional.
Germany and Austria have combined
to oppose consideration of disarmament
at The Hague peace conference.
Governor Johnson, of Minnesota,
propose a conference of government
and state officials on railroad laws.
FARMS UNDERWATER.
Sacramento River Never Known to
Be So High Before.
Sncramcnto, Cal., March 22. From
all down-river points como alarming
news that tho Sncramcnto river is high
er than over known, and that tho sit
uation all along tho levees is appalling.
Thoro is nlteady Buffering nnd iveryf
able-bodied man Is assisting in tlio fight
against tho water that is pouring into
tho bleaches and inundating thousands
of acres o( tho finest larming land in
tho state.
Spccip.l dlnpatchc8 to tho Union from
Frecport, Couttland, Walnut Grovo
and Franklin state that tho river has
readied tho highest stago over recorded,
and it Is predicted that tho ton iblo
scenes witnetsed during the tremen
dous Hoods of 1004- will bo surpassed.
Standing on tho lovce neat Couttland
ono may see for 00 miles to tlio south
east across nn unbiokon sen of water
which extends clear to Stockton.
Thousands of cattle nro being shelter
ed on top ol tho levees, ns thoro Is nc
.othor placo for them, and if tho water
doos not fall soon an indcscrlbnblo con
dition of dlmster is considered Inevit
able. This morning tho blockade on tho
Southern Pacific linos was mnde com
plete, when tho lino to tho Koet was
made holpless by a washout of 200 feet
of track nt Applegntc, but during tho
nltcrnoon tlio situation changed for tho
better when, with tho repot t thnfc tho
Applognto washout had been repaired,
came nnothor stating that it was ex
pected tlio track would soon bo open
through to Stockton.
A ttestln wits placed in the gap nt
tho Applcgato washout this afternoon
nnd more trains were disputclied East.
One of there, n Portland ttnln, will bo
sent to Utah and via tho Oregon Short
Lino. Tho Placeivlllo lino is In full
commission nguln, but no trains aro
operated on tho Mnrysvillo branch fur
ther than Whcatlund.
On tho Portland lino no trains are
running beyond (tedding, tho tracks bo
ing out nt Keswick, Campbell and Ken
uctt, nnd it Is not expected that travel
can be resumed be) ond Redding forut
least ten days.
ADDITIONAL TRAIN SERVICE.
Canadian Pacific to Enter Portland
on O. R. & N. Tracks.
Portland, March 22. Canadian Pa
cific trains will bo running into Port
land May 1 .
Contracts wore signed up hero yes
terday by tnifllu ofllnlals of tlio Cana
dian road. with R. R. Miller, gerieml
freight agent for tho Oregon Railroad
it Navit-'iitiou company, allowing the
use of tho tracks from Spoknno to Port
laud. Tho Canadian Pacific now reach
es Spoknno by tlio Spokane Interna
tional railway from tho 0. P. R.'u
main lino nt tho Canadian boundary.
Freight sorvluo Irom Portland to all
points In Camilla, us well as to tho At
lantic seaboard, will lie started May 1
by tlio new traflla arrangement. Pas
songer trains will bo put on nt n luter
date. Through pussongor service is
promlsod from Portland to St. Paul.
Tho uso of the O. R. A N. tracks by
Canadian Pacific equipment wits' ar
ranged for recently at a conference be
tween President G. M. lioswortlt, of
tho Canadian lino and Tralllo Director
J. 0. Stubbs, ot tho Harriman system.
This meeting was held In Chicago a
short timo ago.
Historic Fort 8wept Away.
San Frnncleco, Murch 22. It is re
ported hero thutull roolamiiion districts
in Sutter county have been flooded.
Near Meridian tho water Is in tho sec
ond stories of tlio houses. Many fam
ilies aro wild to bo in want. Kffcitf
will bu mado to send thorn relief.
Probably nil tlio Htock in tlieno districts
has beon drowuod. The people of Yuba
county district, ubovo Murysvlllo, aro
reported safe,
lu'nr Tudor a hicak has occurred
closo to an Indian mound which was
situated near tho old iron fort brought
iiiiiii mu i.uoi in nvwuiiB uy ijuihtui
John A. Sutter in tho duys beforo gold
was discovered. Tlio fort is reportod
to havo been swept uwuy.
More Steel Men Strike at Hammond.
Hammond, Ind., Murch 22. Tho
striko situation ut Kust .Chicago wus
Intensified today when 11,600 men em
plojed by tho Inland Steel company,
walked out. Tlio reason for tho walk
out wus tiie domund of tho luborors for
an lucrcaro of 25c per day, Six hun
dred men struck yesterday ut tlio Inter
state Steel company and 1,200 ut tho
Hepublio Iron A Sleet company, and
tho walkout today brings tho total
number of strikers up to rnoro than 5,
000 men. Somo rioting occurred today
and one of the strikers was beaten.
Giving Away Sage Money.
New York. March 22. Announce
ment was made tnduv that Mr. Itucfinll
fiat'o has donated $1 fill, 000 to tlio
American beninen.'s Friend srlety, to
1)0 used bv that bodv in tho erection of
a proposed sal lorn' home nml Institute.
Mrs. Sage has also given $76,000 to tlio
Syrian Protestant college, of Reirut,
Syria.
ISCOPE IS WIDENING
Millionaire Wall Street Magnates
Implicated With Rnef.
INDICTMENTS ISSUE IN SHEAVES
Honey and Burns Assert That They
Have Only Begun Ruef Ex
pected to Confess.
San Francisco, March 21. Slxty-flvo
indictments wore filed by tho grand
jury today against Abo Ruef nnd 10
against T. V. Halsey, of tho Puclfio
States Telephono company. They nil
cliargo bribery. Assistant District At
torney Honey nnd Federal Agent Hums
assert that it Is only n beginning.
The total amount represented in tho
Indictments is $218,760. When to thltt
is nddod tho amount which went to
Ruef and Schmltz, tho total will reach
$1,000,000 in five deals exposed today.
Thoro, aro more deals of which tlio
public has small conception. They in
clude not only local magnates, but men
who havo mansions in New York, who
havo trafficked for special prlvato gains
in San Francisco for their corporations.
It is understood that a power In .Wall
street who recently testified before tho
Interstate Commerce cotuinlssiont'will
lie given an opportunity to defend him
self. Tonight Ruof nnd SoliinlU aro abject
and forlorn. Tho entire board of su
pervisors has confesfod. Schmltz Ih
ready to do tho sumo. IJuof, Is awak
ening rapidly, lly tho end of next
week tho Indictments which will con
front hlin will bo mountain high, lly
that timo it is expected that Ruef will
offer to confess.
PUTER TELLS STORY.
Admits of Deals With Hermann to
8teal Land.
Washington, March 21. Oregon con
victs occupied tho limelight in the trial
of lllnger Hormann today, while men
under indictment played minor roles.
S. A. D. Putcr, tlio governments
heavyweight witness, was put on tho
Htand this afternoon and begun tho
narration of his relations with Her
mann In connection with land oporn
tioiiH that have, subsequently tinned
out to bo fraudulent.
Puter was preceded by Dun W.Tnrp
ley, who told In uniiHldcrohlo detail tho
manner in which lio, Honico G. Mo
Kinloy and V, P. Mays' attempted to
"get rich quick" through tlio ulmorp
tiou of land In tlio llluo mountain for
ert reserve.
Tlio stories told by Putor nnd Tarp
loy did not throw any now light on
elthoi tho llluo mountain or tho 11-7
land fraud ctiws, which wore threshed
out In Portlands Rut tho storlon of
both men wcro retold today to show
their relations with Hormann and to
aid tho government in its efforts to
show IIormann'H motive for destroying
tlio futeful letterpress copyliooks.
STREETS ARE FLOODED,
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All Business In Stockton Suspended
by High Water.
Stockton, Cal., Murch 21. Water is
running through tha slioets of this city
like it ruillraco. In somo places it itt
six feet deep, while, in others it varies
from ono to threo foot, tho latter boinir
tho mean nvonigo. All business Is sus
pended, ii h mod of tho htisinebH Iioiihoh
uro flooded uud tho people in many
parts of tlio city aro afraid to leao
their homes.
No portion ot tho town cKcapod.
Main, tho principal buslneKS street of
tho city, Is tho high point, uud ovon
hero tho water uverageH nearly u foot In
depth. All the collars and many of tho
first floors of tlio htiHlno'U houses wero
submerged and tho losi in the city
uiono will run into hundreds of thous
ands of dollars.
Roadbed Torn Up by Slide.
Ashland, Or., March 21. Tlio con
tinued ruins of tlio past four days have
badly demoralized tho main Portlund
Sun Frunclsco lino of tho Southern Pa
cific for u dirtuueo of 60 miles through
tho upper Sacramento canyon region In
Ncrlhcrn California. The country
most severely affected lies between Sis
son' on tho north and Itcddiug on tlio
south. In this section tlio Sacramento
rlvor lias played huvoo with tlio rail
road roadbed at various points, whllo
at otlior plnces slidcH of serious propor
tions havo ikMoiJ to tliodllllcullus.
State Will Pay Their Fare,
Concord, N. H March 21. A bill
forbidding state officers to use or folic U
free pushes on tho railroads iwineed lmth
houses of tho legisluttiro today under
suspension of tho rules, following u re
port from tho judiciary committee.
Jly the bill tlio governor Is authorized
to contract for railroad transpcrtatlort
for meinlxirt- of the legisluturo und
houso cf congress us needed.
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